Photographic retouching-frame.



H. SUMBULIAN. PHOTOGRAPHIG RETOUGHING FRAME.

APPLIGATIN FILED APB..24. 1912.

1,074,664, l lleatend oct. 7, 1913.

HAMPARTZUM SUMBULIAN, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PHOTOGRAPHIC RETOUCHING-FRAME.

I Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

Application led Apr124, 1912. Serial No. 693,003. l

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, HAMPARTZUM SUMBU- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in Charlestown, in the city of Boston, county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Photographic Retouching-Fraines, of which the following is a specification. i The object of my invention is to provide a frame of improved construction for holding a photogra hic late or negative while being retouche an my invention consists in providing a base plate and a revoluble photographic plateholder, both having registering openings through them and which are provided on their inner sides with L- shape interlocking rings so arranged that the negative holder may be turned relatively to the base late to any desired extent. The negative ho der is provided on opposite sides of its opening with jaws which engage the negative and which are adjustable to any desired extent to accommodate negatives of different sizes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows an elevation of a photographic retouching frame embodying my improvements, the dotted lines indicating hw the negative holder` may be'turned relatively to the base plate.. Fig. 2 shows a longitudinal section on the line 2 2 of Figml. Fig. 3 shows a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 shows a local Sectiol on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. p

The base plate A is formed with a central opening a which registers with an opening C in the negative holder B. Y y

indicates a ring L-shaped in cross section which is secured by fastening devices ac to the negative holder, and jz/ indicates a ring L-shaped inl cross section which is secured to the base plate A by fastening devices y. The ring y surrounds the ring and is interlocked therewith in such manner that while the negative holder is free to turn relatively to the base. plate, it. cannot separate therefrom.

In assembling the parts the two rings and y may be interlocked, as in Fig. 3, and the ring first secured to the negative holder and afterward the ring y may be secured to the base plate by the devices y. The holder B carries on opposite sides of its opening C The base plate may be held in this way stationary while the negative holder may be turned in either direction and to any desired extent to hold the negative at any desired angle. In this way the hands of the operator are free, it not being required either to .support the frame or to hold it in its adjusted position. v

Iclaim as my' invention:

A photographic retouching frame, comprising/a base-plate having an opening through it, a negative-holder having an .opening through it registering with the opening in the base-plate, rings L-shaped in cross section detachably connected to the inner sides of said holder and base-plate and interlocking with each other whereby 'the holder may be rotated or turned relatively to the base-plate, adjustable jaws carried by the holder on opposite sides of its opening for supporting the negative, and ldevices for holding the jaws securely in their adjusted positions. x

In testimony whereof,"I have here-unto subscribed my name.

HAMPARTZUM SUIMBULIN.

Titnesses M. J. MACLENNAN, 'JACOB K. TERTZAG.

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